FujiFilm NXT - 4 Setting up NXT Machines in Flexa; Introduction; General Procedures; Creating a Factory

QD002-07 4. Setting Up NXT Machines in Flexa
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4. Setting Up NXT Machines in Flexa
4.1 Introduction
The factory must be set up correctly to enable communication between the NXT machines
and Fuji Flexa. In addition, this data is also used by the Accessory Software server to
communicate with the NXT machines. Information entered during line set up is also
brought into a job to create the job line configuration. This means that once the NXT
machines are properly setup, it is simply a matter of bringing an entire line into a job to add
the NXT machines. This ensures the machines will match that of the factory/line. Line
Editor is used to set up the NXT machines and is accessed from within Director.
The biggest difference between setting up a line with NXT machines versus other Fuji
machines, is the way the line is comprised. For other Fuji machines, each machine
represents a separate machine in the line. For the NXT, multiple bases that are next to
each other are set up as one NXT “machine” even though the bases are separate. This
means that it is quite possible that there will be only one “machine” in a line with just NXT
machines. Flexa handles these grouped bases/modules as one machine for line balancing,
optimizing, and transmission.
4.2 General Procedures
4.2.1 Creating a factory
Use the procedures below to create a new factory. This is not necessary if the new line is
to be set in an existing factory.
1. Click [Factory Lines] from the [View] menu.
2. The group list pane displays the groupings and items in a hierarchical format. The group
contents pane displays the contents of the selected item. When setting up the factory
for the first time, the group list pane will only have the [System] group. Right-click in the
group contents pane and select [New] – [Factory…].
3. The [New Factory] dialog box displays. Enter the new name for the factory in the text
box and click [OK].
4. The new factory displays in both panes. Click the new factory and the lines display in
the group contents pane.
4.2.2 Creating a line
1. With a factory in the group pane selected, right-click in the group contents pane and
select [New] – [Line…] to display the [New Line – Fuji Flexa] dialog box.
2. Enter a line name in the [Line name] text box.
3. Select the option for the line status. A virtual line is a line that does not actually exist.
An example of when a virtual line is used is when programmers are programming future
jobs and the lines are different to the current ones due to factory restructuring. The
virtual line can be used to create the line in the job and after the factory has been
changed, the recipes can be transmitted to the machines.
4. Click [OK] and the new line displays in both panes.